MARQUETTE, MI— All Upper Peninsula colleges and universities are participating in this year’s “Fight the Flu” competition.
The contest is hosted by NMU’s Center for Rural Health. It determines which school can get the highest percentage of students, staff, and faculty vaccinated against the flu.
For Northern, Michigan Tech, and Finlandia, those who participate in campus-sponsored flu shot events are not required to self-report. The schools will provide the total number of vaccinations distributed after each event throughout the competition.
Individuals who go to an outpatient clinic or another place providing flu vaccines can anonymously self-report through the “Compete Now” button on the website. A leaderboard will be updated, and the winning school will receive the traveling trophy to display over the next year.
More information is at www.nmu.edu/ruralhealth/fight-the-flu.
